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1. The compass point that is one point west of due south.
4. A master's degree in library science.
8. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
11. (prefix) Coming before or being preliminary or preparatory.
12. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. An unfledged or nestling hawk.
16. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
17. A master's degree in business.
18. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
20. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
22. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
23. A member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley in northern California.
25. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
27. 100 fen equal 1 yuan.
28. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
29. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
31. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
33. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
36. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
37. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
40. Any of various thermoplastic resins used to make things.
41. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
42. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
43. An unforeseen obstacle.
47. The highest level or degree attainable.
48. A public promotion of some product or service.
50. A period of time containing 365 (or 366) days.
51. The azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian.
52. The content of cognition.
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1. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
2. Genus of prickly shrubs and small trees of the Caribbean region.
3. A raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip).
4. A polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties.
5. Any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico).
6. A human limb.
7. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
8. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
9. A small cake leavened with yeast.
10. A narcotic that is considered a hard drug.
15. A secret agent hired by a state to obtain (military) information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors.
19. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
21. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
24. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
26. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
30. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
32. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
34. A long pointed rod used as a weapon.
35. Pasture grass of plains of South America and western North America.
38. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
39. Type genus of the Gavidae.
44. The cry made by sheep.
45. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
46. A boy or man.
47. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
49. Destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle.
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